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Making a Student Blog

Author: Carrie Hamblin

Intro to Blogging

What is a Blog?

Definition of blog

A blog (shortening of “weblog”) is an online journal or informational website displaying information in the reverse chronological order, with latest posts appearing first. It is a platform where a writer or even a group of writers share their views on an individual subject.
Blog structure

The appearance of blogs changed over time, and nowadays blogs include different items. But, most blogs include some standard features and structure. Here are common features that typical blog will include:
Header with the menu or navigation bar
Main content area with highlighted or latest blog posts
Sidebar with social profiles, favorite content, or call-to-action
Footer with relevant links like a disclaimer, privacy policy, contact page, etc.

Source: https://firstsiteguide.com/wha...


The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

We will be reading Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain as a class. We will be using the format of Blogging to respond to the literature and discuss aspects of the book.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first published in America in January 1885, has always been in trouble. According to Ernest Hemingway, it was the "one book" from which "all modern American literature" came, and contemporary critics and scholars have treated it as one of the greatest American works of art. Of all MT's novels, it was also the one that sold best at its initial appearance. On the other hand, it was condemned by many reviewers in MT's time as coarse and by many commentators in our time as racist. In 1885 it was banished from the shelves of the Concord Public Library, an act that attracted a lot of publicity and discussion in the press. It is still frequently in the news, as various schools and school systems across the country either ban it from or restore it to their classrooms. 

Source: http://twain.lib.virginia.edu/...

You will be graded on your blog posts. 

See the rubric: https://www2.uwstout.edu/conte...


Set up your "KidBlog" here: https://kidblog.org/login